1. Unser Racing Museum opens this weekend: Al Unser enthusiastically
describes the various rooms that contain some of the most precious
artifacts of his family's racing career. His vision is about to become
reality.

Thirty-five years after the first of his four Indianapolis 500
victories, he'll proudly help cut the ribbon to open the Unser Racing
Museum in Albuquerque, N.M. The grand opening of the 13,000-square-foot
facility at 1776 Montano NW that will showcase the family's
contributions to racing is Sept. 17.

"We wanted to honor the Unser family for what we have done, honor the
racing fraternity and to try to show the public what racing is about,"
Al Sr. said. "Things like that really make it great. Everybody who comes
through I think will be impressed."

Al Unser, his brother, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser,
and his son, Al Unser Jr., have been the catalysts in collecting items
from cars to helmets to trophies for rotating displays. All nine of the
family's Indianapolis 500 championships will be represented.

"Over the years, you never end up with everything that you should of
because the Unsers had one thing in mind, and that was racing and to
win," Al Sr. said. "It surely wasn't to build a museum. Now we are
building the museum so we still search for items that are different.

"Between the three of us -- Bobby, Al (Jr.) and I and (nephew) Johnny
Unser, we could probably fill three museums. We'll pick certain items
that will showcase racing -- like the Indy room and Pikes Peak -- and
then two other rooms that will be made up of different cars like hot
rods and street rods. Then there's a place called Jerry's Garage, which
will honor my father because he's the one who got us going in this."

Jerry Unser was the second son born to Louis and Marie Unser, who
emigrated from Switzerland in the late 1800s. The family eventually
settled in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jerry and his brothers were the
first to ascend Pikes Peak on a motorcycle and sidecar in September 1915
-- the year before a road was built to the summit.

After he married Mary Craven in 1931, Jerry opened a filling station and
garage on Central Avenue in Albuquerque, N.M. -- hence the room that
also will host receptions and public events.

The location for the museum wasn't the family's first choice, but after
scouting existing buildings Al Sr. found a diamond in the rough.

"I thought the layout would be a perfect museum," said Al Sr., driver
coach and consultant to the Indy Racing League. "We tried to put it on
the corner of Unser and Central. I wanted to get it done as quickly as
possible, but we've rebuilt the whole building.

"I've said many times that I needed to go see a head doctor to figure
out why I did this project. It's been difficult. But I think it will be
worth it. You take three years ago I couldn't see the end of the tunnel,
and now it's becoming reality and it makes us very happy. Everybody said
we couldn't get it done in that length of time. Well, it's going to give
us a lot of satisfaction when we do it."

For more information, visit www.unserracingmuseum.com.

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2. Wheldon tosses another pitch: IRL IndyCar® Series points leader Dan
Wheldon isn't ready to give up his day job, but he said he may consider
a career as a pitcher.

Wheldon visited Tropicana Field on Sept. 13 to throw out the ceremonial
first pitch before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays-New York Yankees game.

"It was much better than the one at Wrigley Field," said Wheldon, who
has thrown pitches at four Major League Baseball stadiums since winning
the Indianapolis 500 in May. "My best one was still the first one at
Shea Stadium, but I didn't bounce it in. I put it right in the glove and
there was a little pop. I had to do a good one because (Tampa Bay's) my
home team. I had to impress."

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3. Marlboro Team Penske contributes to Hurricane Katrina relief effort:
In order to assist with the relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane
Katrina, Marlboro Team Penske has pledged to contribute $50 for each
lap drivers Sam Hornish Jr. and Helio Castroneves complete during the
remainder of the 2005 season.

The program began with the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr.
Clean on Sept. 11 and will continue through the races at Watkins Glen
International and California Speedway.

There are a total of 920 laps to be completed during the three races
which would equal a possible $46,000. Both drivers completed all of
the laps at the Chicagland Speedway race, guaranteeing a donation of
$20,000.

"We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to race for a living,"
said Tim Cindric, president of Penske Racing, Inc. "Although we approach
every race with the goal of completing every lap, these final events are
even more important to us knowing that each lap will help demonstrate
our support for those affected by Hurricane Katrina."

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The 10th season of IndyCar Series competition continues with the Watkins
Glen Indy Grand Prix Presented by Argent Mortgage at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) on
Sept. 25 at Watkins Glen International. The race will be broadcast by
ABC and the IMS Radio Network. The race broadcast also will be carried
on XM Satellite Radio channel 152 (XM Extreme). ESPN2's telecast of
the Chicagoland 100 will be telecast at 3 p.m. (EDT) on Sept. 15. The
next Menards Infiniti Pro Series race is the Corning 100 on Sept. 25 at
Watkins Glen International. It will be telecast by ESPN2 at 3 p.m. on
Sept. 29.